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El Salvador: Expense (% of GDP)

27.92percent · 2023+21.4% since 2013

Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for El Salvador from 1998 to 2023.

19982023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202327.918
202227.394
202129.507
202033.945
201924.759
201824.727
201724.844
201623.208
201522.763
201422.77
201322.996
201222.902
201124.89
201024.146
200925.853
200822.752
200720.542
200622.53
200520.476
200419.618
200317.345
200220.222
200122.97
200015.02
199914.236
199811.992

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, World Bank, OECD. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Expense (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-expense-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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